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Musings

 

I’m sure most authors hope to make a lot of money selling their books, but apparently there are some ways to really shoot yourself in the foot and make the process as difficult as possible. I’m happy to take the bumps and bruises so you don’t have to!

This week’s learning has to do with Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). When you get your manuscript ready for publishing and you decide to hit “submit” for pre-orders of your newly written Kindle Book (you can’t pre-order print books through KDP for some reason), don’t do what I did.

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IT’S A LOT OF WORK

I didn’t know how much work was involved in self-publishing, but apparently, it’s such an ordeal that there are thousands of youtube videos explaining how to do it. Yesterday, I had 7 hours of driving to do (3.5 hours down, and 3.5 hours back up), so I queued up a bunch of videos to learn the process.

Here’s my current checklist. Most of it is done!

  • Finish writing the book and editing the book
  • Hire a designer for the cover
  • Purchase an ISBN so I can retain the publishing rights
  • Write up a summary
  • Create a Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account 
  • Format the manuscript for both eBook and paperback
  • Pick a launch date
  • Think about marketing

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DECONSTRUCTING?

Back in 2002, long before the term “deconstructing” hit the mainstream, I struggled to figure out my faith apart the church that brought me into a knowledge of Christ as Savior. I spent so much time defending the church and the whole denomination from criticisms of legalism and leanings of works-based salvation that I was blind to the problems that were hurting the people around me. 

I didn’t call it “deconstructing.” I called it “Separating Christianity from Churchianity.” 

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